Communication: Media Industries and Communication

Admission reality

Cherrypicker does not estimate anyone’s chance of admission, and never will. Historical outcomes are context, not a prediction.

Planning reality

Counts over the courses ASSIST maps for this pathway. Every figure is a plain count with one definition — there is no score or ranking here.

• 13Mapped preparation courses
• 10Scheduled Fall 2026
• 8With open seats reported
• 31Current sections

Sections offered at Foothill College this term for the courses listed in this agreement. Open one to see instructors, meeting times and CRNs.

Not scheduled at Foothill College this term: CRWR 39A, CRWR 41A, STAT C1000. A course can still be part of the requirement and offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Where this path usually starts

Ranked by how central each course is to the agreement — whether it is the only option for a requirement, how many requirements it covers, and whether it is running now. This is Cherrypicker’s ordering of published requirements, not advice about your situation, and it does not know your transcript.

1. PSYC 10Research Methods & DesignsWaitlist
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • No open seats reported this term.
2. C S 1AObject-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVAOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 57 seats reported this term.
3. C S 49Foundations of Computer ProgrammingOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 18 seats reported this term.
4. ECON 1BPrinciples of MicroeconomicsOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 12 seats reported this term.
5. THTR 1Introduction to TheatreOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 6 seats reported this term.
6. CRWR 39AIntroduction to Short Fiction WritingNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what UC San Diego requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• LTWR 8A

  Writing Fiction

  • CRWR 39A

    Introduction to Short Fiction Writing

• LTWR 8B

  Writing Poetry

  • CRWR 41A

    Poetry Writing

• MUS 1A

  Fundamentals of Music

  • MUS 3A

    Theory & Musicianship I

• TDGE 1

  Introduction to Theatre

  • THTR 1

    Introduction to Theatre

• COGS 1

  Introduction to Cognitive Science

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• CSE 3

  Fluency in Information Technology

  • C S 49

    Foundations of Computer Programming

• CSE 8A

  Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving I

  • C S 1A

    Object-Oriented Programming Methodologies in JAVA

• COGS 14A

  Introduction to Research Methods

  • PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

• POLI 5

  Data Analytics for the Social Sciences

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• PSYC 60

  Introduction to Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    PSYC 7

    Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

• SOCI 60

  Practice of Social Research

  • SOC 10

    Social Research Methods & Designs

  • or
    PSYC 10

    Research Methods & Designs

• VIS 10

  Computing in the Arts Lecture Series

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• ECON 1

  Principles of Microeconomics

  • ECON 1B

    Principles of Microeconomics

• MGT 45

  Principles of Accounting

  • ACTG 1A

    Financial Accounting I

  • or
    ACTG 1B

    Financial Accounting II

Agreement year 2025-26, captured from ASSIST. Verify against the official agreement and confirm with a counselor before making transfer decisions.

The other FHDA college

De Anza College has its own ASSIST agreement for this major. It is a separate agreement with its own courses and its own source — not an extension of the Foothill College one, and the two are never combined on this page.

Whether a course taken at one college satisfies the other college’s requirements is a separate question from articulation. Confirm with a counselor before relying on it.

Other UC San Diego majors from Foothill

• Accounting Minor: Rady School of ManagementFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in ArchaeologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Biological AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Climate Change and Human SolutionsFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology B.A. with Concentration in Sociocultural AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology: Biological AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Anthropology: Environmental AnthropologyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Art: Art History/Criticism B.A. (Visual Arts)Foothill → UC San Diego

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